More fraudulent than the “Neverending” story

A story straight out of the Simpsons.

A 265-pound man says a restaurant overcharged him for his trips to the buffet, then banned him and a relative because of how much they consumed during their visits.

Ricky Labit, a 6-foot-3 disabled offshore worker, said he had been a regular at the Manchuria Restaurant, eating there as often as three times a week. But on his most recent visit, he said a waitress gave him and his wife’s cousin, Michael Borrelli, a bill for $46.40, roughly double the buffet price for two adults.

“She says, ’Y’all fat, and y’all eat too much,”’ Labit said.
. . .
The argument over the bill grew heated, and police were called. The police report states that the disagreement was settled when the restaurant said the bill was a mistake and, to appease Labit, the meal was complimentary.

Labit said he insisted on paying but was told not to come back. He complained that when seafood on the buffet line runs out, the restaurant only grudgingly cooks more. Campo said the proprietress tries to reduce waste of quality food.

The corresponding Simpsons episode:

Homer: All you can eat. Ha!
Hutz: Mr. Simpson, this is the most blatant case of fraudulent advertising
since my suit against the film, “The Never-Ending Story”.

Homer: So, do you think I have a case?
Hutz: I don’t use the word hero very often, but you are the greatest hero
in American history.
. . .

McAllister: “Twas a moonless night, dark as pitch, when out of the
mist came a beast more stomach than man.
Homer: “Hey!”
McAllister: “So I says to me bostens, ‘batten down the missenmast,
Matees.'”
. . .
McAllister: “I’ve a proposition for thee fair and true.”
(later, at the restaurant)
McAllister: “Come see Bottomless Pete, nature’s cruelest mistake.
Come for the freak, stay for the food.”